Vuelta a España 2019 stage 19: Ávila - Toledo > 165.2 km

[Red Rick]

But the racing was going to be on. So because of an unfortunate event right before. The race shouldnt be on at all?

***

In hindsight I was always gonna attack there

 

[Pricey_sky]

Great win for Cavagna, also very surprised to see Bennett strong on such a lumpy finish, he’s ready for Yorkshire in this form.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

Bala get 3s advantage

 

[SafeBet]

Peloton was just one MVdP away from catching Cavagna.

Nice shots of the camo helicopter btw, it got more air time than the bunch in the last 20 km.

 

[Lequack]

Valverde gains 3 seconds on Roglic, revenge for yesterday.

 

[King Boonen]

Peloton was just one MVdP away from catching Cavagna.

Nice shots of the camo helicopter btw, it got more air time than the bunch in the last 20 km.

What camo helicopter..?

 

[Lequack]

Meanwhile at the Vuelta

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lets here what they all have to say, this is better than Netflix.

 

[King Boonen]

Lets here what they all have to say, this is better than Netflix.

5% laptop battery, I can hardly read my screen I've got the brightness so low!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Meanwhile at the Vuelta

They're burning the marijuana

 

[Velolover2]

Valverde gains 3 seconds on Roglic, revenge for yesterday.

He is still more explosive after an easy stage. After a hard day of racing.. not so much anymore.

 

[woodburn]

Blanco, yes, Valverde has been *** up a few times by such tactics. Its not uncommon for him, so...

Didn't he get caught out for putting on rain cape during descent early in his career?

 

[d-s3]

Bennett: what Movistar did was not right.
I find him pretty neutral - Bora was not involved from either side.

 

[ice&fire]

Didn't he get caught out for putting on rain cape during descent early in his career?

He was 28. But being Valverde that's early in his career.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Peloton was just one MVdP away from catching Cavagna.

Nice shots of the camo helicopter btw, it got more air time than the bunch in the last 20 km.

I don't understand why that chopper got so much air time. If close enough to the riders wouldn't it have caused some cross-winds that nobody really needed at the time?

Happy for Cavagna, though. Glad the kid made it all the way to the finish.

 

[tobydawq]

So, I was watching on a very bad connection but did Quintana seriously take a pull in the Roglic group when Movistar had split the race the second time?

 

[luckyboy]

jeez, Wiggins and Brian Smith commending Valverde the patron of the peloton for calling off the chase after a mere 15km when it was clear they wouldn't make any time lol...


Great win for Cavagna anyway. Well deserved after all his attacking

 

[happytramp]

I wasn't expecting bennet to be so good

The best all round sprinter in the world right now?

 

[Velolover2]

Great win for Cavagna, also very surprised to see Bennett strong on such a lumpy finish, he’s ready for Yorkshire in this form.

Would have been fun to see if Bennett has what it takes to be competitive in the cobbled classics.

He has never really targeted them but I could see him do well in the Flemish races.

 

[ice&fire]

Great to see Bahamontes still in good shape at 91!

 

[PeterB]

In a strictly rational world, Movistar (or any other team for that matter) had every right to utilize the advantage offerred to them by riders crashing. It is then another matter how they would feel about (or how the fans would look at) victory achieved thanks to such incident.

Obviously, fair play angle is not taken into account in strict rational consideration, because fair play principles are based on an emotional side of things. And it may be tricky to apply the fair play to crashes - what if the crash isn't caused by misfortune, but rather by reckless and risky riding or poor bike handling? Should also crashes caused in this way qualify for fair play policy of not attacking?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The best all round sprinter in the world right now?

No doubt. There hasn’t been a guy who is one of the very fastest flat big bunch sprinters while also simultaneously being one of the very best uphill and tough race sprinters in quite a while. Everybody else is only genuinely top tier at one or the other.

He has had really subpar team support in this race though. On his own all day in the forty man break two days ago. Not given a chance to contest the win today when one man was out front alone. It’s not as if they’ve been strong for Majka either, he’s been left to his own devices too.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah gotta credit Bennett.

Would win a lot more GT stages if he weren't at frigging Bora.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Yeah gotta credit Bennett.

Would win a lot more GT stages if he weren't at frigging Bora.

If he was on DQS he’d have at least four stages already

 

[d-s3]

UCI is apparently still deciding on Roglic penalty.